More aircraft for Aviation College

The Kwara State Government has said it will boost the fleet of its International Aviation College with additional 10 to 15 aircraft in the next three months.

The aircraft are for the training of commercial pilots.

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who spoke in Ilorin, the state capital, said this was part of the medium-term strategy of his administration to promote socio-economic development and create high and medium-level manpower.

He said the additional aircraft would enhance the capacity of the college to “a level where its impact would be felt in the state”.

Ahmed said the Advanced Medical Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin would be completed.

The centre, he noted, “boasts of sophisticated equipment, such as MRI, CT scan, fluoroscopy and state-of-the-art laboratories in such areas as Pathology, Microbiology and Haematology”.

Ahmed said his administration’s Shared Prosperity Programme brought about the rehabilitation of about 15 water works, adding that the Ilorin water reticulation project would be completed this year to ensure improved water supply in the metropolis.

According to Ahmed, about 179 rural communities now enjoy electricity through the electrification programme of the state government.

Ahmed said his administration was expanding its revenue generation potentials to finance various developmental programmes through the promotion of commercial agriculture and other investment drive.

He added: “We need to grow commercial agriculture, we need to get money to generate activities that would become taxable. So, we are at the implementation stages of these programmes, but the impact would not be felt until after about two or three years because part of the incentives you give to prospective investors is tax holiday.”

The governor listed some of the Federal Government roads in the state, which require urgent attention as Kaima-Kishi Road, Ajasse-Ipo-Erin-Ile-Osun State Boundary Road and Omu-Aran-Kabba Road